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Elisabeth Koja, 33, a housewife and mother of three in Mbapo village in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, has suffered from mental illness since 2006. Elsa, as she is called by her husband Maksimilianus Gano, began suffering the illness after giving birth to her first child Bela. Now Bela is in …

“We haven’t yet found a better way of selling knickers than a beautiful bottom,” says Sarah Stagliano, one of a new breed of French lingerie designers grappling with how to make exciting underwear in the age of #MeToo. With G-strings and push-up bras losing their allure as ultra sexiness gives …

Each week, the industry welcomes new hotels from around the world and we’re listing them down to one bite-sized piece. In this week’s round-up, we have the second Four Seasons hotel to open in India; a secluded ryokan in Kyoto at the foot of Mt Hidari Daimonji; a wellness facility in …

A sharp increase in the rate of obesity-linked cancers among young adults in the United States could foreshadow a reversal in the overall decline in cancer mortality, researchers warned Monday. In a sweeping study covering two-thirds of the US population, they showed that half a dozen cancers for which obesity …

Forty years ago, hip-hop was little known outside its birthplace, New York — until the Sugarhill Gang decided to record their rhymes, launching the genre’s rise as a dominant cultural and commercial force. The result was the group’s 1979 smash “Rapper’s Delight” — which is credited as the commercial start …